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Black-and-white portrait of young Florence Scott in graduation cap and gown is paired with a medical symbol.

She couldn’t vote, but she could heal

When Florence Scott graduated in 1896, she couldn’t vote, but she could practice medicine. And so she did. She also made history as Wells Fargo’s first company doctor.

A 1991 photo of a large crowd of people gathered outside under a banner that reads AIDS Walk San Francisco.

History

When AIDS crisis hit home, these coworkers stepped up

A Wells Fargo team member stepped in to lead Shanti Project, a valuable community organization that helped San Franciscans respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

Spectators stand on a hillside and line the rails of white-topped tents overlooking the action of the Wells Fargo Championship. Two large trees stand in front of the green base of the tents that display the words “Wells Fargo” in white letters.

Inside the Stagecoach

Golfing to fund pediatric cancer research

A new pediatric cancer research lab at Levine Children’s Hospital is among the Wells Fargo Championship’s lasting contributions to the Carolinas.

The outside of entrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital.

Volunteering & Giving

Providing more health providers in South Los Angeles

A new community medical group, supported by a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo, aims to help the “health care desert” in South Los Angeles.

Chew GW Chew is wearing a grey shirt, green hat, and smiling at the camera inside his Veg Hub restaurant in Oakland, California. Patrons can be seen sitting at tables in the background.

Small Business

Vegan soul food: Improving health “one chew at a time”

Chef GW Chew’s plant-based meat substitutes are going from restaurant to supermarket with support from a Wells Fargo diverse small business program.

Aerial photograph of San Francisco. A plane is seen flying above the buildings.

Inside the Stagecoach

Healing wings

Financial Advisor Fritz Glasser of Wells Fargo Advisors flies patients to treatment appointments and more as a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight West.

Three teenagers — Evelyn Arriaga, Brenton Williams, and Martha Gonzalez-Campos — of STS Academy stand at a stove, cooking stir-fry vegetables in a kitchen as part of University of California-Davis’ gardening and nutrition program.

Volunteering & Giving

Transforming inner-city youth — mind, body, and food literacy

For years, Success Through Self Academy has mentored and enriched the lives of inner-city children. Now the nonprofit looks to harness the transformative power of nutrition.

Three women in red Wells Fargo volunteers shirts smile at the camera. The one in the middle holds two cucumbers and two green peppers. Behind them is some fencing and trees that are blurred.

Volunteering & Giving

Nourishing a farming community

Team members in Des Moines, Iowa, feed their community with fresh produce from Wells Fargo’s giving garden.

Photo of Sylvan Herman holding a photo of his late son, John, in front of the ClearView Communities campus he created to help others battling mental illnesses.

Innovation

Property for a purpose: Using wealth to transform mental health care

Two moments define how a World War II veteran who once sold pots and pans in Baltimore became a mental health care innovator and honored his son.